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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 20, 2011

CONTACT: Charles McRae, CFO Vista Radiology (865) 595-4100

Vista Radiology Is After-Hours Provider at Jamestown Regional Medical Center Knoxville, Tenn.-- Vista Radiology, P.C. is the after-hours digital imaging services provider at Jamestown Regional Medical Center in Jamestown, TN, beginning this week. An 85-bed hospital operated by Health Management Associates, Inc., the medical center in Fentress County is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Vistas expertise supplements the hospitals digital imaging services, which include basic radiography, digital fluoroscopy, CT, nuclear medicine and ultrasound, according to Samuel Feaster, M.D., Vista Radiology president. Our after-hours teleradiology service brings an advanced level of care to the hospitals 24-hour emergency, inpatient and outpatient services, Feaster said. Jamestown Regional Medical Center becomes Vistas eleventh hospital in which it provides radiology services, the tenth in East Tennessee. Established over 50 years ago as Fort Sanders Radiology, Vista Radiology is the largest and most sub-specialized radiology practice in East Tennessee. With 38 BoardCertified radiologists, Vista is uniquely positioned to provide the highest available level of radiology expertise, including 24-hour teleradiology services and sub-specialized radiographic interpretations.

Vista Radiology also specializes in non-surgical, minimally invasive treatments such as endovascular repair of aneurysms, acute stroke treatments, breast biopsy,

radiofrequency ablation and UFE, in Knoxville and the surrounding areas. Vistas membership includes fellowship trained specialists in body / cross sectional imaging, MR imaging, musculoskeletal radiology, neuro-interventional radiology, neuroradiology, cardiac imaging & thoracic radiology, vascular & interventional radiology, womens imaging / breast intervention, PET & nuclear medicine, and pediatric radiology. Vista provides radiology services for 11 hospitals, both in East Tennessee and around the country: Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Fort Sanders Parkwest Medical Center Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center Fort Loudoun Medical Center Roane Medical Center (Harriman, TN) East Tennessee Childrens Hospital Sky Ridge Medical Center (Cleveland, TN area) Claiborne County Hospital (Tazewell, TN) Lakeway Regional Hospital (Morristown, TN) Advanced Healthcare Medical Center (Ellington, MO) Jamestown Regional Medical Center (Jamestown, TN)

Additionally, Vista services outpatient facilities such as: Fort Sanders West Diagnostic Center Thompson Cancer Survival Breast Center Thompson Cancer West Parkwest Comprehensive Breast Center The Breast Center and LeConte Medical Center Outpatient Diagnostic Center of Knoxville

Outpatient Diagnostic Center of Nashville Healthstar Physicians, P.C. McKenzie Medical Center, P.C. ###

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